CATHOLICS AND THE EDUCATION ACT.
(PBU PRESS ASSOCIATION.) ; I WELLINGTON, May 29. The following is the substance of a petition to Parliament'.which is about to be circulated in Wellington for signature by Catholics resident in the district That your petitioners are conscientiously opposed to the system of public education established in this colony ; that they have in consequence established Catholic schools, and maintain them at their sole expense ; that under these circumstances they find themselves aggrieved at being compelled to maintain a system of education from which they deprive no ad vantage, which puts thcniat a great disadvantage, and which is practically the cause of their being subjected to double taxation ; that they are persuaded one or two things should be done (if they are to be treated according to equity and justice), viz, their schools should be put on an equality with public schools, or they should be exempted from taxation for public school purposes; that they respectfully pray your honourable House to take the premises into consideration, and devise such measures as will secure to the Roman Catholics of New Zealand justice and equitable treatment,”
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Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 1041, 30 May 1883, Page 2
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187CATHOLICS AND THE EDUCATION ACT. Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 1041, 30 May 1883, Page 2
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